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Marilyn Martyn
As a
child Marilyn Martyn was a passionate reader. The "Wind in the Willows" is
still her favorite book. Reading it brings back happy memories of
a childhood surrounded by books. She
remembers her first day at school and the steps she took learning to read.
There were easy moments and frustrating ones when a word wouldn't decode
easily. In
the 'good' old days children were taught to read from a graded series of
books called 'readers'. By the end of second grade a student would be a
fluent reader and understood how words are spelled. The readers were
mastered step by step. Marilyn has found these books she learned
to read with and is amazed at the depth of material they contain. Marilyn trained as a teacher and
librarian specializing in children's literature developed a career around
her love of books and reading. She
also spent some time as an education consultant for two publishers,
visiting many schools. She
has taught children from prep grade to year nine in secondary
schools. She
found opportunities to teach children who had difficulty learning to read.
She taught many students in schools and still does this as a private
tutor. After
sitting with many frustrated students who did not know how to decode
(sound out) words, Marilyn devised a series of lessons that gave them the
ability to decode quickly. These lessons are the foundation of her
book. Modern reading research found what her
teachers already knew. Early, systematic and explicit teaching of how to
hear the sounds in words and how to sound out words is vital in the early
stages of learning to read.
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